How common is the surname Petrillo?

4,179 people in the United States had the surname Petrillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. It ranked 7,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petrillo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Petrillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petrillo getting more or less common?

More common. 3,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,179 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Petrillo

A surname, carried by 4,179 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P364

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrillo is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,179 people named Petrillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,930.

#7,920

rank among US surnames

4,179

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,911	Auger	4,182	73,827
#7,912	Margolis	4,181	73,845
#7,915	Reina	4,180	73,863
#7,920	Petrillo	4,179	73,880
#7,923	Binns	4,178	73,898
#7,924	Autrey	4,177	73,916
#7,925	Laux	4,176	73,933

Who is named Petrillo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Petrillo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrillo

Petrella

Petrillo has the Soundex code P364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P364.

Questions

How common is the surname Petrillo?: 4,179 people in the United States had the surname Petrillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. It ranked 7,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrillo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Petrillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petrillo getting more or less common?: More common. 3,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,179 in 2010, up 6.3%.